{"id":4129,"date":"2020-07-16T12:10:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/?page_id=4129"},"modified":"2020-10-22T15:40:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T19:40:56","slug":"childdevelopment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/childdevelopment\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate in Child Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id=\"Certificate_in_Child_Development\"><h1>Certificate in Child Development<\/h1><\/span>\n<span id=\"Description\"><h2>Description<\/h2><\/span>\n<p>The School of Professional Studies offers a post-secondary certificate in Child Development that will prepare you to work with children from birth to age eight.\u00a0Coursework will cover how child-care centers, schools, and families interact to influence development and learning, the foundations of how children learn, strategies to help young children acquire language and literacy skills, and techniques for observing and assessing student growth.<\/p>\n<p>Gaining a certificate from an accredited university can advance your career and put you a step closer to earning a degree! Trinity has small class sizes for individualized attention, and faculty teach foundational knowledge in an applied format, integrating students\u2019 work and life experiences with the course information.\u00a0All courses can apply towards an\u00a0\u00a0Associate of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education\u00a0at Trinity Washington University.\u00a0\u00a0Start with your Certificate today and seamlessly move onto an Associate\u2019s, Bachelor\u2019s, or even a Master\u2019s Degree program for more career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Trinity\u2019s faculty have extensive experience in the early childhood field and our courses are designed to provide you with content immediately applicable to your work with young children. Embedded course assignments and activities are designed to build your professional CDA portfolio.All of the courses are recognized at the Gold Standard level with the Council for Professional Recognition to prepare you to take the CDA qualification.<style type=\"text\/css\">\na.dyn_course_off{padding-left:15px; background-image:url(\/interactive\/catalog\/plus.png); background-repeat:no-repeat; border-bottom:none !important}\n.coursedesc  { display: block; background-color:#fffde5; padding-left:15px; }\na.dyn_course_on{display: block; background-color:#fffde5; margin-top:5px; padding-left:15px; background-image:url(\/interactive\/catalog\/minus.png); background-repeat:no-repeat; border-bottom:none !important; font-weight:bold; line-height:normal; display:block}\n        <\/style><\/p>\n<span id=\"Program_Requirements\"><h2>Program Requirements<\/h2><\/span>\n<p><strong>Core Requirements (18 credits)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\" title=\"NO MATCHING EVENT ID FOUND IN DATABASE\" >EDCC 205<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"\" title=\"NO MATCHING EVENT ID FOUND IN DATABASE\" >EDCC 207<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"\" title=\"NO MATCHING EVENT ID FOUND IN DATABASE\" >EDCC 211<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"\" title=\"NO MATCHING EVENT ID FOUND IN DATABASE\" >EDCC 213<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"\" title=\"NO MATCHING EVENT ID FOUND IN DATABASE\" >EDCC 215<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"\" title=\"NO MATCHING EVENT ID FOUND IN DATABASE\" >EDTE 290<\/span><script>\nfunction toggleCourse(control) {\n\tif ($(control).hasClass('dyn_course_off')) {\n    \t$(control).removeClass('dyn_course_off').addClass('dyn_course_on');\n\t\tif ($(control).next().is('span')) {\n\t\t\t$(control).next().slideDown('slow');\n\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t$(control).parent().next().slideDown('slow');\n\t\t}\n    } else {\n\t\t$(control).removeClass('dyn_course_on').addClass('dyn_course_off');\n\t\tif ($(control).next().is('span')) {\n\t\t\t$(control).next().slideUp();\n\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t$(control).parent().next().slideUp();\n\t\t}\n\t}\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<span id=\"Program_Policies\"><h2>Program Policies<\/h2><\/span>\n<p>Transfer Credit Policy: Transfer credits may be accepted for a certificate program if they meet the student\u2019s planned degree program just as they are for undergraduate degree programs.\u00a0 Students may transfer up to six total credits in alignment with the certificate curriculum.\u00a0 All other Trinity transfer credit policies apply.<\/p>\n<p>Stackable Credentials: Trinity certificate courses may be applied to degree programs.\u00a0 Students enrolled in degree programs at Trinity may simultaneously pursue a certificate and these courses will count toward both credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Academic Standing: Students must earn a C or better in all college level courses in order for the courses to count toward the post-secondary certificate.\u00a0 Courses in the certificate programs are repeatable. \u00a0Satisfactory academic progress is a criterion for the award of financial aid.\u00a0 Students not making academic progress will be referred to their academic advisor for academic counseling. \u00a0All other Trinity academic policies and procedures apply to certificate courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certificate in Child Development Description The School of Professional Studies offers a post-secondary certificate in Child Development that will prepare you to work with children from birth to age eight.\u00a0Coursework will cover how child-care centers, schools, and families interact to influence development and learning, the foundations of how children learn, strategies to help young children acquire language and literacy skills, and techniques for observing and assessing student growth. Gaining a certificate from an accredited university can advance your career and put you a step closer to earning a degree! Trinity has small class sizes for individualized attention, and faculty teach &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/catalog-20-21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}